Smoke Jensen-A One Man Judge and Jury They struck in a pack, in the dead of night. They had crept in like thieves, like the cowards they were . . . but it wasn't robbery they had in mind. It Was Something Much Darker . . . Smoke Jensen was buying cattle a hundred miles away from his Colorado ranch when he got the news. Drawing two horses from the remuda, he saddled up, rode off . . . and didn't stop until he reached his wife's side. She had been shot...

After retiring his guns to raise a family and build a herd, legendary ex-gunfighter Smoke Jensen realizes he must leave retirement or die when he accidentally rides into the middle of the biggest range war of the decade.

When an old friend's family is massacred, legendary mountain man Smoke Jensen hits the vengeance trail. He's soon riding into a bloody Colorado war that has militia cavalry volunteers and Kiowa warriors stalking each other across the territory.

Smoke Jensen will never leave a true friend in trouble, so when a lowlife frontier sheriff takes Smoke's friend as a hostage, there is no choice for the mountain man. He knows how many guns are waiting for him, but on the frontier, a man's word is his bond, and only fast guns and good friends can save your life.

During an early winter blizzard, Smoke Jensen, escorting three thousand head of cattle to their new destination, is attacked by a renegade Cheyenne warrior and discovers that there is a bounty on his head.�

"Purgatory, Arizona, is the last place you'll ever cross the law. Because in this town, the law is the personal fiefdom of an evil man - as Matt Jensen discovered on his first day in town, when an unavoidable gunfight and a dead deputy landed him in jail, sentenced to hang at Yuma Prison. But when the train from Purgatory to Yuma is violently derailed, Matt is set free amidst the carnage - with a choice to make."--Back cover.

Smoke Jensen has seen the worst that man can do on the lawless frontier. But even the mountain man is not prepared for the outlaw band that strikes Smoke's ranch, kidnapping Sally and the daughter of Smoke's neighbor. Now the women are gone and a ranch hand and his young daughter are dead.